Bridle-bit



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J. W. JAMES.

BRIDLE BIT.

No. 478,866. Patented July 12, 1892.

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- JACK WVM. JAMES, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

BRlDLE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,866, dated July 12, 1892. Application filed September 29, 1891. Serial No. 407,159- (No model.)

T0 at whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, JACK WVM. JAMES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented new and useful Improvements in Bridle-Bits, of which the following is a specification.

I The rein-rings of curb and bridle bits are usually so pivoted to the cheek-pieces that when the rein is thrown over the head of the animal the ringsone or bothswing up and lie against the cheek-pieces, thereby twisting therein and renderingit necessary for safety and an even strain or pull on the bit to untwist the rein and readjust the rings for the purpose of placing then in proper pendent position.

The object of my invention is to avoid the foregoing objection and provide a novel construction whereby a shank extension of each cheek-piece serves as a pivotal support for the rein-ring at two points thereof which are diametrically opposite each other for the purpose of preventing displacement of the rings in throwing the rein over the head of the animal, While rendering the rings susceptible of oscillating or turning axially in an approximately-horizontal plane to meet all the conditions required for the usual manipulation of the rein.

To accomplish this object, my invention involves the features of construction and the combination or arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in WhlGl1- I Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my invention applied to an animal. Fig. 2 is a f detail perspective View, on a larger scale, of

the improved bit. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing a modification of the invention.

In order to enable those skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I will now describe the samein detail, referring to the drawings, wherein- The numeral 1 indicates the bit-bar, and 2 the cheek-pieces, of an ordinary curb-bit, which parts maybe of any desired form, shape, or configuration. The cheek-pieces 2 are each formed at their lower extremity into a shank extension 3, which is preferably cylindrical, and each shank extension extends through a socket or orifice 4, formed in the upper and lower portions or sides of a rein-ring 5 in such manner that each ring is pivoted upon a shank extension at two points diametrically opposite each other. The rings are each formed with laterally-extended disk-like portions 6 to provide the requisite quantity of metal for the formation of the sockets or orifices 4, so that the ring is strong and substantial and is so journaled on the shank extensions as to be susceptible of oscillating or turning axially in an approximately-horizontal plane when the cheek-pieces stand substantially in a perpendicular position. By this construction the rein-rings can freely oscillate or turn on the shank extensions; but they cannot swing upward and lie against the cheek-pieces, as occurs in bridle-bits of ordinary construction when the rein is thrown over the head of the animal.

111 my improved construction the rein can be freely thrown over the head of the animal without liability of the ringsone or both swinging upward in a vertical plane, and thereby twisting one or both end portions of the rein.

In ordinary bridle-bits when the rein is thrown over the head of the animal the extremities of the reinone or bothbecome twisted at the side of the cheek-piece, and consequently the rein must be untwisted and frequently the rein-rings readjusted for the purpose of causing it to properly hang suspended in order that an even strain or pull on the bit may be obtained. This is entirely avoided by my invention, since the rings can turn in an approximately-horizontal plane to assume the proper position when the rein is thrown over the head of the animal, thereby avoiding twisting of the rein in juxtaposition to the cheek-pieces.

In the modification Fig. 3 each rein-ring 5 is provided at one side only with a socket 4 to receive the shank extension 3 of the cheekpiece 2. By this means therein-rings 5 are journaled on the shank extensions 3 and can turn in an approximately-horizontal plane, so that when the rein is thrown over the aniprovided with two sockets or orifices arranged diametrically opposite each other and cheekpieces having shank extensions at their lower end portions which extend through the sockets or orifices in the rings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACK WM. JAMES. [L. 5.]

Witnesses:

R. SIMMONS, WM. M. RANSEM. 

